Everyone's eyes fell on Li Beifei.
"Junior Brother, what's wrong with you today? You haven't said a word," Ye Hongyi asked.
When the others heard this, their eyes lit up. That's right, they were talking so enthusiastically just now, but Li Beifei hadn't made a sound. He's not Lin Tian, how could he not speak? Something's wrong, very wrong.
"Boss, are you worried about Aotian? If it really doesn't work out, let's just follow our previous plan. Bai Yifei is responsible for conspiracies... uh, responsible for the layout, and I, Xia Wuji, and Li Ruoyu are responsible for taking action to kill him. Of course, not killing him is fine too, just trap him for a while and let him break his promise. Then you'll naturally be the winner."
Xuan Mingzi noticed Bai Yifei's murderous intent and decisively changed his words, but he still kept talking about the conspiracy they had previously plotted.
"You..."
The women, as well as the Tianpeng Ancient Prince, Gu Xichao, and the silent Lin Tian, who had not participated in their conspiracy, were all staring at Li Beifei and the other four with strange eyes.
Li Beifei and the others glared at Xuan Mingzi, and Xuan Mingzi also shrank his neck, obviously realizing the importance of the matter.
After all, their plan was really not something that could be made public. It was fine for him to know, but if others knew, it would affect their image.
"Cough cough... I was just talking casually, this... do you believe it?" Xuan Mingzi wanted to find an excuse to cover it up with tears in his eyes, but the others were not fools and would not be fooled by his words.
"Li Ruoyu, you participated too?" Ye Hongyi looked at Li Ruoyu meaningfully.
Li Ruoyu's eyes did not change, and he hesitated, not knowing how to answer. Indeed, he was really not good at lying, and Xuan Mingzi had already named him, so he had to nod.
"Sister, is Dao Xuan Sect a righteous sect of Xuanmen?" Ye Hongyi asked the Yaochi Saintess beside her.
The Yaochi Saintess looked at Li Ruoyu's somewhat flustered eyes and covered her mouth to laugh: "Naturally, Dao Xuan Sect is the beginning of the human race's Taoism in my Red Dust Realm. People of Taoism take it as their duty to slay demons and eliminate evil, and to support justice in the world. Among all the immortal forces, Dao Xuan Sect is the closest to mortals."
The words of the Yaochi Saintess made Li Ruoyu a little embarrassed. This Daozi of his had somewhat damaged the reputation of the sect.
Seeing this, Li Beifei was about to speak to explain for Li Ruoyu, but Ye Hongyi took the lead and said, "Did my junior brother ask you to do it?"
"???" Li Beifei almost choked on the words that had just reached his mouth.
"Do I look like such an unreliable person?" Li Beifei asked depressedly.
"Yes!"
Everyone nodded vigorously.
Li Beifei's face darkened, and he looked at Xuan Mingzi, "They're fine, why are you nodding?"
"It's a habit, it's a habit!" Xuan Mingzi said with a smile.
Li Beifei rolled his eyes at them and said, "Don't listen to Xuan Mingzi's nonsense. That night, they were just worried about me and were joking with me. You know my character, if I really wanted to scheme against Aotian, I wouldn't have waited until today. He would have died that night."
"I actually think what Uncle-Master Beifei said makes sense," Gu Xiruo said.
"So it really was a joke? Do you really not have any thoughts in your heart?" Ye Hongyi stared at Li Beifei.
"Cough cough... It's impossible to say that I don't have any thoughts, but Aotian and Qingyi have met a few times after all, and this time it was Aotian who brought Qingyi to Linbei City. No matter what, this is a favor, and since it's a favor, let me repay it!" Li Beifei looked at Mu Qingyi and said softly.
Mu Qingyi smiled and was not affected by Xuan Mingzi's words just now.
"Boss, that's not right. Since you want to repay Aotian's favor to Mu Qingyi, why did you propose a battle with him?" Xuan Mingzi asked.
The others also looked at Li Beifei curiously. Ye Hongyi said, "Don't tell me this is your way of repaying the favor!"
"Of course not!" Li Beifei shook his head.
"I'll spare his life when the time comes, and the favor will naturally be cleared."
"..."
Sure enough, Li Beifei was still that Li Beifei. His skin was so thick that no one could match him.
"Actually, you don't have to worry about whether I'm Aotian's opponent. You should worry about not being easily caught up by me, haha!"
Li Beifei laughed.
"Tch!" Bai Yifei and the others all gave him a big eye roll. Knowing that Li Beifei was an extremely cautious super old six who never fought a battle he wasn't sure of, why were they so worried?
"Jiu'er, we haven't gone out together for a long time. Why don't we go out and take a look and see what we can buy in Linbei City?" Bai Yifei looked at the Heavenly Eye Princess.
The Heavenly Eye Princess nodded lightly and took the initiative to take Bai Yifei's arm and left.
"Sister, let's go out for a walk too," Ye Hongyi said to the Yaochi Saintess.
The Yaochi Saintess naturally would not refuse Ye Hongyi's request.
As Ye Hongyi's mount, the Tianpeng Ancient Prince naturally followed.
"Sister, it's been a long time since we went shopping together, right?" Gu Xichao looked at Gu Xiruo.
"Yes!" Gu Xiruo nodded.
"Let's ask Lin Tian to go out with us," Gu Xichao suggested.
"Okay!" Gu Xiruo agreed, and as for Lin Tian, he naturally had no objections.
Xuan Mingzi watched the others leave and said to Xia Wuji and Li Ruoyu, "Cough cough, should we go out for a drink too?"
Both of them had no objections. In the end, only Li Beifei and Mu Qingyi were left in the courtyard.
Mu Qingyi watched them leave and actually knew their intentions, which was nothing more than to create a space for her and Li Beifei to be alone.
Because Li Beifei's state today was very strange. He didn't say a word earlier, and he didn't say much just now. This was very different from his usual self.
Mu Qingyi took Li Beifei's hand and came to the pavilion, looking at a small pond next to it. In the pond, there was actually a pair of mandarin ducks playing in the middle.
Mu Qingyi looked at the mandarin ducks in the center of the pond and said, "Beifei, do you know which mandarin duck is male and which is female?"
Li Beifei nodded and said, "The mandarin is the male bird, and the duck is the female bird."
"But look, besides that pair of mandarin ducks, there are still a few female birds staying on the branches. It seems that this male bird is very popular!" Mu Qingyi said.
Li Beifei's heart trembled when he heard this, and his aura was a little disordered.
"Beifei, what's wrong with you? Your aura is a little chaotic," Mu Qingyi asked softly.
"Qingyi... I..." Li Beifei didn't know what to say for a moment.
Mu Qingyi looked at him, her eyes were like autumn water, watery and clear, making Li Beifei's breathing a little rapid.
This wooden head, my meaning is so obvious, but you still don't confess to me.
Mu Qingyi looked at Li Beifei's hurried but silent appearance, and her heart was also anxious. Although she accepted Li Beifei's fate of being prone to romantic affairs, and she also accepted that Li Beifei had other women besides her, she hoped that Li Beifei would confess to her.
But she also knew Li Beifei's character. From the time they met until now, they knew each other's hearts, but Li Beifei had never said a word of confession to her.
Although the intention was the most important thing, it would undoubtedly be more perfect if Li Beifei could say it.
"Beifei..."
"Qingyi..."
Just as Mu Qingyi was about to lose patience, Li Beifei finally spoke.
Li Beifei looked at Mu Qingyi, his eyes full of tenderness and firmness.
"Let me speak first!" Li Beifei said.
"Okay!" Mu Qingyi nodded.
"Qingyi, do you know? During the Demon Suppressing City Competition, the first time I saw you, I fell in love with you. At that time, I had a feeling that we had known each other for a long, long time, so long that even the boundaries of life and death reincarnation could not stop me from loving you."
"Qingyi, I love you, can you be my Dao companion?" Li Beifei looked at Mu Qingyi with a face full of tenderness.
"I do!" Mu Qingyi did not hesitate at all.
When Li Beifei heard this, an incomparably bright smile instantly bloomed on his face, but soon, his smile faded, and he said to Mu Qingyi, "Qingyi, since you are my Dao companion, I don't want to hide anything from you. I... um..."
Li Beifei's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, because Mu Qingyi actually directly blocked his mouth with her red lips.
With such enthusiasm from the beauty, if Li Beifei didn't respond, then he would really be a wooden head.
The two embraced each other, and in this Linbei City, they sealed their love with a kiss!
After a long time, their lips parted, and Mu Qingyi said with a flushed face, "I'm sorry!"
"It's okay!" Li Beifei shook his head and licked the blood from his lips.
"Beifei, if there's anything, let's talk about it later. Now, I want to become your first woman!"
If she couldn't be the only one, then being the first one was also very important.
"Qingyi..."
"There's no need to say more, I've been prepared for a long time. Beifei, have mercy on me..." Mu Qingyi looked at Li Beifei with gentle and watery eyes.
Li Beifei's body shook, and he wrapped his arms around Mu Qingyi's soft waist. With a flash of his figure, he returned to his room.
(Li Beifei: Old guy, I broke my body after a thousand years, which is much stronger than your fifty thousand years! Gu Changsheng: You rebellious disciple!)
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